§ Dr. TongeTo ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to her answer of 28 January 1998,Official Report, column 253, if she will make a statement on the procedures (a) for selecting newspapers to which press releases are sent in the vicinity of (i) the disqualified director's private address and (ii) the address of the failed company, (b) for the timing of the press release, before or at the end of any stay period and (c) on the extent to which the disqualified director is advised on these matters, including being sent a copy of the release. [29549]
§ Mr. Nigel GriffithsDisqualification proceedings are held in open court to which both the public and the press have access. The newspapers which are offered briefing are selected by the Central Office of Information (COI) from a list held by them, such newspapers being those relevant to both the director's home address and to the trading address of the failed company. The press release is issued as soon as possible after the court hearing at which the director has been disqualified. The press release gives the date of the disqualification order and whether the director was given leave to be a director of any other company(s).
Where directors ask whether there will be any publicity they are told that a press release will be issued and when requested a copy is made available to the director.